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diff --git a/networking/terminal_wifi.txt b/networking/terminal_wifi.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8952222 --- /dev/null +++ b/networking/terminal_wifi.txt @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ + +## Basic Linux WiFi/WPA2 configuration + +These are helpful if you don't have network-manager or whatever installed, eg +if you are on a headless computer with no wired ethernet. + +Basics with `iw` and `ip`. These tools can't do WPA2 on their own: + + iw dev + ip link set wlp3s0 up + iw wlp3s0 link + iw wlp3s0 scan + iw wlp3s0 scan | grep WSSID + + +Do WPA2 setup and DHCP: + + wpa_passphrase W.A.S.T.E. > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-bootsrap.conf + # enter password + + wpa_supplicant -D wext -i wlp3s0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-bootsrap.conf + # leave running in a terminal + + dhclient wlp3s0 |